Writing: A letter: description of a person

1Rewrite the second sentence without too. Use the words in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1Richard Branson is a successful businessman. He's an explorer and adventurer, too. (also)

• 2Branson was the founder of Virgin Records. He owns an airline company and a train company, too. (in addition)

• 3In 1986, he broke the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing in a boat. He's flown across the Atlantic in a balloon, too. (what's more)

• 4He's one of the most famous men in Britain. He's one of the richest, too. (as well)

2Read the factfiles about three modern explorers. Match headings in the box to factfiles. 

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• Life in outer space
• At the bottom of the ocean
• Living with tribespeople

 

 

Name: James Cameron

 

Occupation: film director and deep-sea explorer

 

Date of birth: 1954

 

Nationality: Canadian

 

Achievements (as an explorer): first man to go on a solo dive down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place in the ocean, in 2012

 

Other achievements: made a lot of films, including Aliens, The Terminator, Titanic and Avatar; helped to develop underwater 3D cameras

 

 

Name: Sunita Williams

 

Occupation: scientist and astronaut with NASA on the International Space Station

 

Date of birth: 1965

 

Nationality: Indian-American

 

Achievements (as an explorer): longest space flight by a woman (195 days); most space walks by a woman (seven)

 

Other achievements: helicopter pilot; won Padma Bhushan – an important Indian award

 

 

Name: Benedict Allen

 

Occupation: writer, traveller and explorer

 

Date of birth: 1960

 

Nationality: British

 

Achievements (as an explorer): led scientific expeditions to Costa Rica, Iceland and Brunei; crossed the Amazon rainforest and the Gobi desert; lived with tribespeople in Papua New Guinea, Sumatra and Brazil; travelled with dogs through Siberia

 

Other achievements: his travel books include Through Jaguar Eyes and The Skeleton Coast; made many TV programmes

3Read the text about Sunita Williams and complete the gaps with the words in the box. 

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• as well
• what's more
• also

The modern explorer I admire the most is Sunita Williams. She is an Indian-American astronaut who has worked for NASA for many years. Her career shows that if you are brave, intelligent and hard-working, you can achieve your dream.  , it shows that women can be successful in a profession that is physically very difficult.

 

Sunita's achievements as an astronaut have improved our understanding of what people can do in space. She has spent 195 days away from Earth, on the International Space Station, which is a record for a woman. She has made seven space walks in her career, which is   a record for a woman. Sunita is a scientist and she has done hundreds of important experiments on the space station.

 

There is more to Sunita than just being an astronaut – she's been successful in other areas, too. She is American, but her ancestors are from India. When she visited India in 2007, she won the Padma Bhushan, an important award. She is a trained deep-sea diver and a helicopter pilot  . Sunita is an important role model for young women in one of the world's most exciting jobs. That's why I admire her.

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